1948 Rocket Car
by Tony Grider
Title
1948 Rocket Car
Artist
Tony Grider
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Photograpy
Description
Hans Berger was a gifted engineer who built small helicopters and various mechanical devices in Switzerland. In 1948 he built the rocket-powered car you see here. Hans Berger also built the rocket motor that powered the car. His young daughter, Heidi, drove the car in local races. The first body constructed for the car covered all the wheels because the rocket motor has very little thrust and a short burn time; this body proved to be too heavy, and a lighter one was built. (This is the body you see here). To start the car, a simple flip of a switch ignited the rocket motor – there was no throttle to control the thrust. After a year of using the car, its power source was switched to a small motorcycle motor. (Source: Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, TN.)
Photograph with digital chalk and other digital processing effects.
See this and other vintage autos at the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.
www.lanemotormuseum.org
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May 21st, 2018
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